Doug Shields has been training in martial arts for over thirty years. He has a fifth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and has experience in other martial arts styles related to street fighting and self-defense techniques. A traditional karate instructor for over 25 years, he is now concentrating his teaching efforts in women’s self-defense as a certified JYF instructor. His priority is to keep women safe by teaching them effective and easy to use self-defense techniques in order to lower their risk of becoming a victim. He teaches women ages 11 and up the skills to enable them to escape a potential assault.